Teens lead the way as more people talk to tech

Popular voice commands include asking for directions and dictating text messages, according to a Google survey.

October 15, 2014 at 4:08PM

Typing is so old school. People are increasingly talking to their smartphones, and chatty teens are leading the way.

Mobile device voice searches doubled in the past year, according to a survey commissioned by Google. Fifty-five percent of teens and 41 percent adults use voice search more than once a day. Asked why, "it's the future" was the most popular answer. (We explored the topic in a Star Tribune story this summer.)

So what are people asking their devices?

(Humphrey, Katie/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

And when are they talking instead of typing?

(Humphrey, Katie/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

But the gadgets can't do it all on command just yet. What do users wish voice search could do? Order pizza, find the remote and find the keys.

(Images from Google.)

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